I’m not sure what is wrong with a politician saying “I don’t know.” Are they supposed to have photographic memories for every paper they ever may have touched? Did Steelman or her campaign follow up with an answer? I bet they did, or will.

Personally, I like “I don’t know” better than five minute “non-answers”.

Yeah! for a candidate who finally thinks that “I don’t know” is an honorable answer.
Candidates who give long non-answers to questions when they should really say, “I don’t know” has been one of my biggest gripes on the campaign trail for years.
Finding the answer and reporting it later is very appropriate. Pretending that you know and remember everything impresses no one.

Thanks for your honesty, Sarah!

What I find funny is that Steelman’s campaign and office had “clerical errors” with Doug Gaston and these groups supporting embryonic stem-cell research, among other issues. The campaign always flat refuses to acknowledge a mistake or that they are true. Then, when caught in the “error”, they fix it up.

Why is this important?

1.) She’s the state treasurer, and the head of a major area of the state government. Yet, the rigors of detailing campaign contributions and employee hours seem to be too much for her to handle–therefore, let’s put her in as governor and the head of the entire state!

2.) Rather than going after Jay Nixon and his substantial ethical breaches, she attacks Kenny Hulshof with smear by association tactics. Other than the one share of stock that he got as a gift from a family member, I can’t seem to recall Hulshof ever being caught up in a scandal. As a matter of fact, he was booted off the House ethics committee because he stood up to Tom DeLay and his corrupt tactics.

The last point is significant, because if her hiring choices are any indication (Jeff Roe, Spence Jackson, and James Harris, to name a few), it seems that she would be much more comfortable in Nixon’s company than in Hulshof’s.